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Double bass blues

After school orchestra practice, young Nic carries his double bass through rough neighborhoods to his grandfather's home, where he and Grandaddy Nic play jazz music with friends, delighting the neighbors.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Loney, Andrea J. (Author)
Other Authors:	Gutierrez, Rudy (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Double bass > Juvenile fiction. Picture books.
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Summary:	After school orchestra practice, young Nic carries his double bass through rough neighborhoods to his grandfather's home, where he and Grandaddy Nic play jazz music with friends, delighting the neighbors.
Item Description:	"This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf"--Title page verso.
Physical Description:	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 x 27 cm
ISBN:	9781524718527 1524718521 9781524718534 152471853X
Author Notes:	Andrea J. Loneygrew up in New Jersey with a love for music--in her school bandshe played the xylophone. After receiving an MFA from New York University, she joined a circus, then moved to Hollywood to write for film and television. Her previous picture books include the New Voices Award-winning biography Take a Picture of Me, James Van Der Zee! and Bunnybear. Currently a computer science instructor at a community college, Andrea lives with her family and their pets in a Los Angeles home filled with music . . . and picture books. Learn more atandreajloney.com or on instagram @AndreaJLoney. Rudy Gutierrez is an award-winning illustrator whose works have earned him a Pura Belpre Honor, an Americas Award, a Children's Africana Book Award, and a New York Book Award. A Bronx native, he now lives in New Jersey and teaches illustration at the Pratt Institute. In 2002, he was commissioned to create the cover for Santana's multi-platinum album Shaman, and his art hangs in the private collections of musical icons Carlos Santana, Clive Davis, and Wayne Shorter, among others. Learn more at altpick.com/rudygutierrez or on instagram @Rudy_Gutierrez_art.